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By Arben ILIAZI Against a bleak backdrop of governance, Prime Minister Majko chose to resign, as an opportunity for himself and perhaps also for his faction. The tolerance towards him [the rest of the line is cut off]. … was the destruction of values, Socialist leaders have tried to preserve and resolutely defend only cynical and ignorant myths because of the mentality of mobilizing [continues outside the image frame] survives or fails in relation to whether governance succeeds or not. Majko did not govern, but only smiled to the point of distortion. He lacked vision and courage, becoming a “martyr” in the battle between interests and ideologies. If he had dared to become an agent of change by representing a new and original alternative, both within the PS and in government, if he had appreciated his role in public policy, Majko would not have been brought down. Those who manage to build functional policies and democratic cultures are strong in their individuality, credible in their masculine and feminine gender, and sensitive to their responsibilities for democracy, the bomb, and the violation of justice. Resignation is a form of learning only in truly democratic countries. Majko, like all his Socialist predecessors, has never been the prime minister of the Albanians, but simply an employee of the Council of Ministers who received the “prime minister’s train”. Socialist leaders have mocked their electorate, trying to implement everything they have promised and done, mercilessly killing hope for the good of Albania. Alongside the mentality of mobilizing dogmas and crowds of militants. The fate of prime ministers like Majko can be summed up simply: they achieved the maximum number of smiles and grimaces in the minimum amount of time. In this way they completely deprived the PS of the right to govern. Any new Socialist government would have a cynical and wholly unpleasant outlook, like the parable of man and his ability to mock himself. But despite this, we cannot help but agree with Heraclitus when he says: “Everything flows and nothing remains.” Political life in Albania, too, will flow in order to gain meaning, to receive the values it deserves. We know that today there will be fluctuations in the currency market once the “resignation” becomes known, but it will be hard to change Albanians’ now-firm conviction that governments of the ex-communists are not only failed and cynical, but also anti-national. Albanians are once again given the opportunity not to fall into the trap of tragedy or comedy, of obstruction and collapse. The true right is ready, with the strength of its personality and the institutional experience of democracy. Today we do not need smiles, but decisive leadership and responsibility, for our good and that of the nation.

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